Storing issue object in a variable in automation

Allam Castillo_r0oa5r

Is it possible to use the create variable action in Jira to store the entire issue object? I've used variables before, but only for simple values (text, date, number). However, I have a use case where I would like to store the entire issue object so that I could later reference parts of it from the same variable.

Example
Create variable

Name: myIssue

value: {{issue}}

 

Then later on I would like to reference {{myIssue.summary}}

Is this possible? I tried it, it didn't work, but I'm unsure if it's a syntax problem, a variable scope problem, or if the functionality simply doesn't exist.

 

Thanks for any advice.

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Allam Castillo 

No, not with a variable as the Create Variable action stores text values.

Some possible work-arounds are:

1. Instead of Create Variable, use Create Lookup Table as it can store object data.  For example, if you store your object in the value for a row with a key of myIssue, the attributes could be accessed with {{myTable.get("myIssue").summary}}
2. When you use Create Variable, add field names and delimiters as text.  Later when using the variable, parse out the data using text functions.
3. Using the Send Web Request action, call one of the Jira REST API functions to load your issue data, and then access the fields using the webresponse.

Kind regards,
Bill